PDFMaker for 2007 - Where did it go?

[Bill Sturdevant]

I have downloaded and installed "2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save
as PDF or XPS", then gone into Word and activated the add-in. The
installation placed it in "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
7.0\PDFMaker\Office". Everything is fine on my machine.

I have 3 users who also need the Add-in. They download and install it, get
no errors anywhere in the process, but we cannot find the DLL anywhere on
their machines. We have searched all files, including hidden ones, and
cannot find it anywhere.

I have checked every setting in Office 2007, and as far as I can tell they
all have the exact same settings I do.

Where in the world does the DLL go?

 

[Gordon]

I have downloaded and installed "2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft
Save
as PDF or XPS", then gone into Word and activated the add-in. The
installation placed it in "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
7.0\PDFMaker\Office".

Err no it didn't. I have the "Save as PDF and XPS" add-in on my Office 2007.
I do NOT have Adobe Acrobat on my machine. The add-in does not install
there.

 

[Gordon]

Err no it didn't. I have the "Save as PDF and XPS" add-in on my Office
2007. I do NOT have Adobe Acrobat on my machine. The add-in does not
install there.

And in fact on my machine (Vista HP SP1) it seems they install here:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE12 as EXP_PDF.DLL and
EXP_XPS.DLL

But you why are you looking for them? There should be an entry in the "Save
As" menu item for PDF and XPS. Also I don't ever remember "activating" the
add-in. What EXACTLY did you mean by that?

 

[Bill Sturdevant]

Maybe "Register" is the wrong term, but this is what I mean:

You can do this in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access, but this example uses
Access. Once activated, the option will be available to all Office 2007
applications.
Click the Office button.

Open Microsoft Access 2007.
Click on the Office Button and select Access Options (in the lower section).
Click “Add-ins†on the left side.
You will see a list of Active and a list of Inactive Add-ins.
In the “Manage:†dropdown at the bottom of the window, select “Com Add-insâ€
and click “Goâ€.
The Com Add-ins dialog window will open.
Click the "Add..." button and navigate to the DLL that was installed (on my
system it is at: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
PDFMaker\Office\PDFMOfficeAddin.dll)
NOTE that it installed on Windows XP as "PDFMOfficeAddin.dll".
Make sure the checkbox next to "Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin" is
checked and click OK.
This will return you to the list of Add-Ins and the "Acrobat PDFMaker Office
Com Addin" should appear in the list of "Active Application Add-ins."

 

[Gordon]

Maybe "Register" is the wrong term, but this is what I mean:

You can do this in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access, but this example
uses
Access. Once activated, the option will be available to all Office 2007
applications.
Click the Office button.

Open Microsoft Access 2007.
Click on the Office Button and select Access Options (in the lower
section).
Click “Add-ins†on the left side.
You will see a list of Active and a list of Inactive Add-ins.
In the “Manage:†dropdown at the bottom of the window, select “Com
Add-insâ€
and click “Goâ€.
The Com Add-ins dialog window will open.
Click the "Add..." button and navigate to the DLL that was installed (on
my
system it is at: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
PDFMaker\Office\PDFMOfficeAddin.dll)
NOTE that it installed on Windows XP as "PDFMOfficeAddin.dll".
Make sure the checkbox next to "Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin" is
checked and click OK.
This will return you to the list of Add-Ins and the "Acrobat PDFMaker
Office
Com Addin" should appear in the list of "Active Application Add-ins."

Then you haven't installed the MICROSOFT add-in to save as PDF - that's an
ACROBAT add-in.
You do know there's a Microsoft add-in that does the same thing?
Did you get it here?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...91-f0a4-47a0-866b-2fd84a329e02&displaylang=en

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have downloaded and installed "2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save
as PDF or XPS", then gone into Word and activated the add-in. The
installation placed it in "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
7.0\PDFMaker\Office".

Wanna place a small bet?

I'm betting that you also have Adobe Acrobat installed and the others don't.

That's where Acrobat would install itself but certainly the MS add-in wouldn't.

I'm not sure why you're looking for DLLs on the other computers. Just open a
document and choose File, Save As. If the MS Save As PDF add-in is installed,
there'll be a PDF option there.

 

[Bill Sturdevant]

The link you cited gets you to the MIcrosoft download for "Microsoft Save as
XPS".

I used this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...11-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

This gets you to the download for "Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS".

 

[Bill Sturdevant]

You are correct. I have Adobe Acrobat installed and the others do not. So
where does the installer place the DLL on their machine?

The reason I am trying to install it is in the second sentence of the
following quote from the Microsoft download site: "This download allows you
to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office
programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS
formats in a subset of these programs."

With it, when my users have previewed a report, they will have an option to
export the report as a PDF and have an email opened in their Lotus Notes
client with the PDF automatically attached to it. They simply need to enter
the addressees, a subject and a note and click send.

 

[Gordon]

The link you cited gets you to the MIcrosoft download for "Microsoft Save as
XPS".

I used this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...11-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

This gets you to the download for "Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS".

OK, but it STILL has nothing to do with Acrobat, or "activating" the
add-in. There is NO "activation" needed for that MS add-in.....

 

[Bill Sturdevant]

OK. I do not remember where I saw the instruction that I had to "Activate"
the Add-in in question. I moved the Add-in in question from the Active list
to the Inactive list, and I am still able to use it on my machine, and I am
able to create a PDF and have an email auto-generated, so I guess you are
right, it does not need to be activated to use it.

BUT, the central question in my post is, when a user downloads and performs
the installation without any error messages, why are they unable to find the
Add-in after installation? Actually, I could not care less that they cannot
find it (perhaps it is hidden), but apparently my Access app cannot find it
either, because even though I provide the button on the menubar, it is grayed
out. WHERE DOES THE ADD-IN GET PUT BY THE INSTALLER?

A secondary question, that I do not want to detract from my central
question, is: If I do not have to Activate the Add-in, then what is the
point of the list of "Active" Application Add-ins versus the list of
"Inactive" Application Add-ins?

 

[Gordon]

BUT, the central question in my post is, when a user downloads and performs
the installation without any error messages, why are they unable to find the
Add-in after installation?

It doesn't show as an add-in as such - all that happens is when you
click on Office Button-Save As there is an extra option to save as PDF
or XPS. That's all that happens.

Actually, I could not care less that they cannot
find it (perhaps it is hidden), but apparently my Access app cannot find it
either, because even though I provide the button on the menubar, it is grayed
out. WHERE DOES THE ADD-IN GET PUT BY THE INSTALLER?

See above......

A secondary question, that I do not want to detract from my central
question, is: If I do not have to Activate the Add-in, then what is the
point of the list of "Active" Application Add-ins versus the list of
"Inactive" Application Add-ins?

I'm not sure why you are even looking there......that function is really
there for trouble-shooting, allowing you do disable add-ins that may be
causing trouble...

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

You are correct. I have Adobe Acrobat installed and the others do not. So
where does the installer place the DLL on their machine?

No idea. And really, no idea why it matters. I don't think knowing where the
DLL is will help you install it if the installer itself didn't work correctly.
The installer knows what needs to be done and should do it. Inventing your own
installation procedure is more likely to cause problems than to solve them.

The reason I am trying to install it is in the second sentence of the
following quote from the Microsoft download site: "This download allows you
to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office
programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS
formats in a subset of these programs."

I see that with the XPS/PDF add-in installed, you can save as PDF/XPS from
Access 2007. I don't know about sending as email attachments automatically.
Not much of an Access user, I'm afraid.

With it, when my users have previewed a report, they will have an option to
export the report as a PDF and have an email opened in their Lotus Notes
client with the PDF automatically attached to it. They simply need to enter
the addressees, a subject and a note and click send.

Is this your description of what you'd like to have happen or Microsoft's
description of what's supposed to happen?

 

[Bill Sturdevant]

With the Add-In I am downloading, I am supposed to be able to "Customize" my
Access app and include the "E-mail" button on the menubar, and users are
supposed to be able to click it and create a PDF that is attached to an
auto-generated email.

 

[Gordon]

With the Add-In I am downloading, I am supposed to be able to "Customize" my
Access app and include the "E-mail" button on the menubar, and users are
supposed to be able to click it and create a PDF that is attached to an
auto-generated email.

Well I'm not sure where you are getting that from - all the add-in does
normally is create a "Save-As" option to save as PDF or XPS. If you want
to do a mail and then mail the document as a PDF then I suspect you will
have to write some code to do that...